Hi. AN1x is a great synth. I was surprised by the overpriced comment on Nords. I have a Nord G2 engine and at £400 considered it a bargain for a modular synth. Sent from my iPhone On 25 Sep 2010, at 09:39, Jeff <jf.serviere@...> wrote: > Hello ! > if you need another keyboard : AN1x . Very under rated instrument, can > be cheap second hand, but very impressive despite its limitations (10 > note polyphony, "multi function" knobs). The keyboard itself is good > too, not to firm but enough, with a good after touch. You can find a lot > of demos on YouTube. Have a look at : > http://www.deepsonic.ch/deep/htm/an1x.php > too. > > if you need only an expander : Novation Nova, but a bit too expensive > and sounds too close to the Obie 12 IMHO. > > More "exotic" : Yamaha AN200 or RedSound Elevata. Both are expanders. > The first one is "half an AN1x packed with a rythm machine". Very funny > little box, but a bit too limited, more a "groove box" than a standalone > synth > http://www.vintagesynth.com/yamaha/an200.php > > The second is a rare english V.A. synth with its own sound, very "raw" > and "old school", but it's a "hate it or love it" instrument. Very user > friendly and flexible, multi timbral and 16 note polyphonic, but it has > no in board effects, only a basic chorus / phasing, no 4 pole VCF. With > this one : try it before buy, the sound is very special (of course most > of the preset sucks, as on most synths...). > http://www.vintagesynth.com/misc/elevata.php > > I was very impressed by the Roland JP 8000 but the polyphony is only 8 > note, no after touch....one of the early VAs with the Nord Lead. I never > tried Korg's VAs... > Cheers. > J.F. > > somethingkillingyou a écrit : >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> I have some synths, but only one is a VA (OB12)... >> >> now, I think that having another VA in my setup wouldn't hurt... >> >> since there are a lot of VAs out there, what's your advice!? >> >> I was considering an an1x or a korg prophecy... >> but also the novation nova (for a decent price) could be an option... >> or an alesis ion... there's also the ms2000... >> >> I won't consider clavia nords, they're too overpriced for what they >> actually do (limited)... same thing for access virus... >> waldorf q are out of my price range instead... >> >> so what's the best bang for the bucks in term of sound/features? >> >> greetings >> >> Fabio >> >> > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Community email addresses: > Post message: AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: AN1x-list-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: AN1x-list-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: AN1x-list-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Shortcut URL to this page: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AN1x-list > > The AN1x Control Synthesizer FAQ:: > http://www.geocities.com/jondl_2000/an1x_faq/an1x_faq_toc.htm > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
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Re: [AN1x] va synth advice
2010-09-25 by Derek Cook